Till I met you (Bound)

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y back. It was fun, thrilling even. I walked a path a few steps away from the college's main building, it was a small patch of lush greenery. Small didn't quite do justice to d describing it but its size difference from the school's building made it reasonable a

to read and spend quality time alone, I loved it already. I kept walking amidst the grasses that fell

that followed. Maybe this was why people wore long pants for adventurous walks — to stop these sharp unwanted plants from piercing the

a simper plastered on his face, the other had his hands balled into fists; I could tell he was seething with rage. I had two options, one was to walk away quietly from whatever kind of trouble t

. After my encounter with the rude guy on my first day

e happened? I'd have to live with knowing I could have ch

t help too, I had to

oes no

usticated," I yelled from where I stood, making sure a reasonable a

I didn't

y turned swiftly to my direction, four pai

wly released his balled fist as he looked at me. I could

er all and I had just interrupted a drug deal or...or worse? This was the perfect place to commit

ruggling twice harder to regulate my breathing,

to die, I don'

o leave before the other guy blocked my path, I could have sworn he was behi

o feel his warm against my skin, and it made my stomach churn. His lips curved int

you leave so early," his no

always happened whenever fear took over. My mind was warped, my brain won't offer me words but I knew well enough than to let the fear show, so I wore a facade

heart was running a hundred miles per second as fear ri

's take this s

ith pulled the other out of my way before he had a chance to protest. Other than throwing me a look th

rd the one named Matthias say to him despi

place to dwell in my mind, rethinking a thousand possibilities of what could have happened. All kinds of emotions welled inside of me, all of

y and left before I woke up; I could say I was a

n-interest in my personal life as I should not in his, we plainly talked about different topics and shared our views on them, even his awareness of my being in college

ngs for a stranger who I'd never seen, nor tou

l, till my phone buzzed and I fel

stranger. I

It's been a wh

en 12 hours, did I gro

you put it like that. M

ould say

gain faster than ever, like a deer on a

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rely ali

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lege, personal matt

about that. I ho

ou say if I wanted to meet t

icipation as the dots pranced back and forth, he was typi

afraid that'

e in my chest

okay, for now,

I don'

s of meeting when he asked me to refrain from sharing personal, I had

did you like the

was amazing. Let'

ng but my se